Ruptured Sewer Pipe Shuts Roads For Week

July 7, 2000|Staff Reports

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A sewer break on West 8th Avenue and 68th Street has closed northbound and southbound lanes from 68th and 69th Streets for at least a week, the Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department said Thursday.

A contractor ruptured the pipe on Thursday as he was installing cable lines for Adelphia Cable, said water and sewer spokeswoman Barbara SM-anchez.

Repairs will begin today. Construction crews will take at least a week to repair the pipe because they need to go through a culvert pipe that runs over the sewage pipe, SM-anchez said. Drinking water is not affected by the break.